Many of my regular readers may have figured out that I am a ′trouble-maker′. Once again, I feel compelled to don my Mark Antony toga and ″Cry HAVOC!!! And let slip the Dogs of War!″ So now the King of Cuckservatives, Erick Erickson, has uninvited Donald Trump from his Red State gathering this weekend in Atlanta for a remark made by Trump on CNN about Megyn Kelly. The exact quote Trump said to Don Lemon over a telephone was, ″You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes…blood coming out of her wherever.″ Erickson took this as an insult pertaining to Kelly being a woman and the reference being that to hormones and menstruation. Overnight, Trump clarified his comment that he meant blood coming out of her nose. Besides that, Trump also said about the same of Chris Wallace, too. But Erick Erickson is in full ′White Knight′ mode, acting like he is defending the honor of the helpless damsel in distress. Seems that he has not heard about the Treaty of Westphalia. I shall explain all…

Ah, the Treaty of Westphalia! In 1648 it brought an end to one of my favorite wars, the Thirty Years War. It all started in Bavaria when a town council tossed the town′s magistrate out a window and into a manure wagon. This upset the local prince and before you know it, a whole bunch of alliances and side deals kicked in, turning the conflict into a real shooting war. What began as a local squabble soon became a larger squabble among aristocrats, with knights changing sides often. The war then evolved into a religious conflict, pitting Protestants against the Catholic Church and finally became a war between nation states. In the end, about a quarter of the adult male population of Europe was dead. France did not bounce back population-wise until Napoleon came along in time to bleed them all over again!

In fact, one can argue that the Thirty Years War was the first, true example of 3rd Generation warfare, as it became a total war, involving civilians as targets and requiring a massive infrastructure to sustain the fighting. The Treaty of Westphalia, also known as the Peace of Westphalia, settled the conflict, as well as several other international disputes which had been ongoing for decades. Warfare itself had been transformed, making it a strictly national enterprise. Knights and other nobles within a nation could no longer fight for those they had private alliances with. They had to fall in line and battle only for The State.

Donald Trump is waging 4th Generation warfare on our national politics. He has no alliances nor any infrastructure at all. His website isn′t asking for donations nor selling cheap crap made in China like the rest of the candidates. Trump is not even asking for volunteers. Ross Perot created his own party, the Reform Party, to wage war against the Republicans and Democrats within the ′rules′ of 3rd Generation warfare. Not that Trump is going rogue, yet, but if he were, he would not start another party. The Donald doesn′t need a political party. He can go it alone and probably still capture 15-25% of the vote, if not much more.

Erick Erickson is no objective bystander in all of this. He has been the leader of those who are trying to ban the word Cuckservative from the political landscape. Why? Because he is one himself! He sold out and is working for The Establishment. We all have a price. He′s done alright. Erickson has a website with a decent following. Does the speaking tour thing. Sometimes sits in for Limbaugh and other talk radio hosts. He has become part of the outer ring of the inner circle. A nice, stable, safe orbit about a pleasant moon.

So Erickson has joined the ranks of those who are out to stop Donald Trump from winning the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. The Establishment have already decided that Jeb Bush is ′their guy′ with Marco Rubio and Chris Christie as back-ups. Probably with John Kasich and Scott Walker on the bench, too, if needed. The goal is a simple one, elect somebody who will keep the status quo happy and open the borders for more cheap labor. On the Democrat flip-side, The Establishment wants to keep the status quo and open the borders for more sheep-like voters. Its two sides of the same coin.

Donald Trump is a ′Mad Man′, a la Don Draper. Part of that dying breed of ′real men′. They do what they want, say what they want, and they mean what they say. Sure, sometimes he may come off sounding a bit mean and nasty. Trump is human and entitled to his emotions. In regards to civility, Erick Erickson is human, too. After all, back when David Souter retired from the US Supreme Court, Erickson described Souter as a ″goat f#@!ing child molestor″. Is that any better than Trump calling Megyn Kelly a bimbo? Seems to me that after Megyn did her photo-shoot for GQ Magazine, bimbo is rather apt. I might even consider the term of ′painted-face hussy′.

Yes, the dogs of war are loose! The battle to save America in 2016 is being waged and Donald Trump is the first target by The Establishment and their minions. We can now place Megyn Kelly and Erick Erickson on the list of those who want to stop Trump before he can save us all. Donald doesn′t need to be president. He can move to anywhere in the world as nearly every nation out there would love to have him as a taxpayer. But the Oligarchs and their puppets in the political class cringe at the thought of a President Trump. He has their number and knows them all too well. Once again, the fools in The Media are over reacting to Trump, which, if handled properly, falls in line with the concept of 4th Generation warfare. The aggressor wants the defender to over react, as it spreads the defenders power and exposes their weaknesses. The fight for the heart and soul of the Conservative movement may get ugly before the first ballots are cast. Will the first casualty be Donald Trump or Erick Erickson? We shall see….

Thank you, Andy, for saying out loud what very few others will. Eric Erickson is not conservative and hasn’t been for a long time. I subscribed to Red State several years ago and just as quickly unsubscribed. I did the same with pay TV when I realized where FNC was headed. Having one national, conservative news channel was worth the cost but none exists any more.

With Murdoch”s liberal kids taking over, the news team is slowly coming out of the liberal closet. Apparently it will be a slow, covert transition otherwise Shepard Smith and Juan Williams would have been on the panel. The tip off was the absence of Brit Hume.

We’ll know that the liberal transition is complete when they adopt a multi-colored logo, keeping in mind that their new BFF’s at MSNBC have already copyrighted the peacock.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 8:23 am

Meghan Kelly is nothing but a presstitute for establishment Republicans.

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Sue Marie,Detroit Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 9:07 am

Agree with both comments stated above. The Trump knows the establishment too, too well and understands what Americans are in for if these self centered lazy media pretty face talking heads and politicians have their way. We will be thrown back into the dark ages when the ruling class lord over the serfs. I do not desire a serf’s life style for my self, family and the next generation top come.

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Sue Marie,Detroit Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 9:09 am

next generation to come. ( sorry for the Type mistake)

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 10:10 am

Not to worry about the typos Sue Marie. Conservatives know what you’re saying and liberals are trying to distort it regardless.

Here we go again with another election cycle of little guy true conservatives vs big bad establishment conservatives. I learned two years ago that every Republican personally identifies as a little guy true conservative while everyone who disagrees with “us” is an establishment Republican no matter what their positions. Not very construction and no way to win anything.

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buzzbee Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 1:33 pm

Fox is too liberal?

Didn’t see that coming.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 1:50 pm

So Patrick, shouldn’t you change the name of your website to Middle of the Road Pundits?

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Best Thinking Thinker Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 3:01 pm

Donald Trump, the hero of the Republican base! There is a reason he picked the Republicans for his pranks. He saw boneheads and went for it.

“Dummy”, “bimbo”. “I’m really rich”.
The guy just can’t make me angry
I hope this lasts through November 2016.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 8:59 pm

He’s not so much a hero of the Republican base, BTT, he’s got almost equal support from Democrats and Indepedents. He’s touching on subjects that are otherwise political hot potatoes and people find it refreshing. I don’t believe that anyone thinks he can actually win, but they’re enjoying the show for as long as it runs and we don’t need the likes of Chris Wallace or Meghan Kelly deciding when enough is enough for the rest of us.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 9:21 pm

“Fox is too liberal?

Didn’t see that coming.”

That’s because you love hearing yourself talk and don’t pay attention to what anyone else is saying.

I don’t know of a single, conservative soul at this site who hasn”t complained about Fox’s over abundance of liberal pundits that appeared on the station on a daily basis. I can’t think of another news channel that”s supposedly of one political persuasion but would allow guests of another political persuasion to ignore the subject at hand and spew talking points or filibuster uninterrupted.

For you though, buzz, if it’s not all progressive – all the time, then it must be faux news. Chris Wallace? Shepard Smith? Geraldo Rivera? Alan Colmes? Juan Williams? Hardly a conservative line-up buzz.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 8th, 2015 at 9:42 pm

Then there’s Hillary. Accused of destroying women who dared to expose her sexual predator husband for what he is. Involved in more scandals than any other human being alive. More skeletons in the closet than a “Three Stooges in Scotland” marathon, and she’s the prohibitive favorite to win the Democrat nomination.

Yea BTT, lets talk about seeing boneheads and going for it.

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AndyZ Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 3:43 am

You are welcome, FM! I call’em as I see’em. Back in the 1990s when I was publishing my old newsletter, the publisher of “Factsheet 5″, Freidman, wrote a review of my work. He admitted that he couldn’t figure me out as far as how to label me politically as I attacked both Republicans and Democrats. But his summation was so wonderful I intend to use it as my epitaph: “When it comes to politics, Andy’s pen is sharp and filled with poisoned ink.”

I’m not a Conservative and I’ve never claimed to be one. Am I ‘Right-Wing’, you betcha! I define ‘The Right’ as wanting as less government and more individual liberty. I’m somewhere in between Libertarian and Anarchy. Extreme right is Zero Government, not Fascism, that’s a Left-Wing ideology. Fascism is a form of Socialism, basically Communism where they tolerate corporations and private property. Has nothing to do with freedom.

In the 1980s I was schooled in Ayn Rand and Objectivism by my all-time favorite talk radio host, Mark Scott. He was awesome! When I listen to The Savage Nation and hear a caller from Detroit via WJR, I occasionally recognize the voices as belonging to former callers from Scott’s show. We were a rowdy, hell-raising bunch whom politicians of all stripes feared.

Which leads me to my last point. On the subject of ideological purity, I’ve seen with with every group, not just Republicans or Conservatives. Within the Objectivists there were deep divisions. Scott, himself, was an outcast because he remained friends with Nathaniel Brandon. Leonard Piekoff only appeared once on Scott’s show then refused additional invitations after learning that Brandon had been a guest.

Then there is my all-time favorite story about the big economic summit held by Friedrich Hayek in Switzerland after WW2. You had all the great promoters of Capitalism of the day there. Milton Friedman, etc. During one discussion seminar, the Grandfather of the Austrian School of Economics, Ludwig von Mises, stood up and accused everyone in the room of being a Socialist! Of course they weren’t, but that doesn’t matter. Things got testy and people act as people tend to do.

What this whole thing boils down to are two basic issues. Can the GOP field a candidate who can win? Is the GOP to be a party of sheep like the DNC? And, oh, BTW, how’s that working for the Democrats? Looks like the sheep are restless over there, too!

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AndyZ Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 4:01 am

Yes, Buzz, Fox News is TOO Liberal! True, they have been better at reporting actual news than the rest. Stories that normally are ignored or twisted beyond recognition. But over the past few years, the trend is certainly there to make the network more ‘mainstream’. They have to as the market changes and technology allows for niche channels to compete with segments of their audience.

Since 2012, I’ve scaled back my viewing time to less than 90 minutes a day on FNC. In the past year or so its down to about an hour and 5 minutes. I’ll watch the morning goofs just for the day’s headlines then I’ll pop over to Morning Schmoe for entertainment, for maybe a half an hour, then I either hit the computer or watch something I recorded over night.

In the afternoon I watch “The Five”, as I like Eric Boling and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s legs. But if she has the day off, or if they have on as a guest one of the other non-Trump candidates, as they have been doing so for the past week or two, I change channels. I’m not going to waste my time watching Chris Christie or Mike Huckabee. I have little patience for Dana Perino and Greg Gutfeld anymore. Usually switch channels when they talk. The show has gone downhill since Bob Beckel got fired.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 4:20 am

If the GOP fields a conservative candidate then they can win. If not, I’m afraid we’ll experience another Romney or McCain fiasco. I’m starting to understand those conservatives that stay home on election day. I mean, what’s the point if your side’s going to behave the same as the other side. I’m not going to want to say that I voted for that. In the 2014 midterms I didn’t vote in a national election for the first time since turning 18.

Guys like Eric Erickson are only there to convince us that somehow our side is doing the right thing even if it’s the same thing the other guy was doing. In return, he and others like him get to rub elbows with the power brokers. They’re no different than anyone else in Washington who wants to remain on the “A” list.

Maybe if those cocktail party bacon wrapped shrimp weren’t so tasty some of those pundits would show a little more integrity and character.

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AndyZ Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 5:01 am

I hear ya, FM. I don’t blame Erickson for selling out. He got enough attention and moved from obscurity to fame and fortune. Its easy to be popular when you want to.

I held my nose and voted for McCain and Romney and what good did it do? My regular ballot sheet is loaded with votes for 3rd party candidates. Voting for any Republican as a citizen of Detroit, Michigan is pretty much a waste. I do more ‘good’ helping out Libertarians, US Taxpayer Party, US Constitution party, etc., as it helps keep them on future ballots. I’ve even voted for Natural Law and Green Party candidates, just to throw them a bone.

Wanna hear something REALLY funny??? I got tapped by the Dept of Commerce and US Census as part of Obama’s ‘Fair Neighborhood’ national survey. I had to fill out the stupid survey under the threat of force. They even sent me a second letter reminding me that I must comply or face possible charges.

You better believe that I filled it out alright, as only I would!

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Best Thinking Thinker Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 1:42 pm

Andy, our trials and tribulations with the census are provided for by the Constitution of the United States.

Not familiar with “Obama’s fair neighborhood survey”. Can you tell us more about it, such as what year it was first instituted? I am curious.

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Best Thinking Thinker Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 1:48 pm

FlyingMonkey: “If the GOP fields a conservative candidate then they can win.”

Hard to believe many votes for anyone seeking to abolish Social Security and Medicaire. Many voters who voted for Romney and McCain like these programs, but they would not vote for the sort of true conservative that you wish for.

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Patrick McCain Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 1:53 pm

#8 FM – middleoftheroadpundits.com has no marketing value. Besides it would be inaccurate. On the issues I find Trump to be a typical New York liberal Republican, what some people like to call a RINO. I’m libertarian minded like Rand Paul was. Andy calls himself far right.

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Phil Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 7:38 pm

Andy:

You are a liar.

That is what you are.

Want some examples?

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Best Thinking Thinker Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 8:43 pm

Leave Andy alone, Phill. He is a jolly good fellow and let’s me post here, unlike that sourpuss Patrick.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 11:07 pm

I wouldn’t worry so much about Republican strategy, BTT, the Democrats are facing a bigger dilema. Bernie is pushing the country farther left and you must ask yourself if a majority of the electorate is ready for Socialism. 2010 & 2014 tells me no. Like it or not, those Bernie backers will be the equivalent of the 5 million or so conservatives that sat out the last two presidential elections. And it will be much harder to get them to the polls for an establishment Democrat.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 9th, 2015 at 11:27 pm

Phil:

You really don’t sound like a man. Are you actually a woman that identifies as a man? This is the age of Obama, Klo. It’s okay. You can come out now! I’ll even find someone willing to bake you a cake.

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Flyingmonkey Says:
August 10th, 2015 at 1:31 am

Remember too, BTT, that Reagan didn’t win in a landslide by just rallying the far right. He also won that squishy middle of undecideds. Many of them later known as Reagan Democrats. This is the precarious position Obama and now Sanders are leaving the Democratic Party.

Note: Latest NBC poll shows Ted Cruz soaring to number two. If you think Donald Trump is sucking all the air out of the room now, wait till he drops out of the race and throws his support and money behind Cruz. Every other candidate, including Democrats, will be wearing “I can’t breath” t-shirts.

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AndyZ Says:
August 10th, 2015 at 2:50 am

BTT,

The Obama ‘Fair Neighborhood’ survey is a component of the new drive re-engineer communities to be racially and economically diverse. I wrote about it a couple weeks ago. It was a ‘hot topic’ back then.

I am on a bunch of lists, apparently. I often get surveys from The Heritage Foundation, the RNC, the DNC, and I always get the ‘long form’ from the Census Bureau. I even got a fund-raising letter from Hillary a week or so ago. My favorite list though is the tobacco companies. They always send me coupons or cool promotions, like lighters and such.